DIY Carnival Roulette Wheel

• Cardboard
• String compass
• Craft knife
• Craft paint
• Stones
• Yardstick
• Approximately six to eight washers; one 1/4"x 3"-long
• Bolt
• Two nuts
• One newspaper medallion (see above)
• Bucket

1. Use string compass to make an 18" cardboard circle; cut it out. Cut out an arrow the same width as your yardstick.
2. Poke a hole through center of circle.
3. Divide circle into eight sections; paint each its own color. Paint arrow red.
4. Paint a few stones with each color from the wheel; let dry.
5. To rig wheel, thread the bolt as follows: through one nut, one washer, newspaper medallion, cardboard wheel, five washers, yardstick (use its preexisting hole), one washer, and second nut; tighten.
6. Try spinning wheel and add washers if it scrapes yardstick.
7. Place the yardstick into a bucket; fill with stones. Top with painted stones.
8. Hot-glue arrow to yardstick.

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Originally published in the May 2013 issue of Parents magazine.